....for sowing within the next week what best for sheep ?
- Thread starter Bury the Trash
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l G seeds bred Hobson and you show me data from one test taken in Jan 2011 by LG Seeds which showed all Rapes poor on Winter Hardness out of a score of 9
Cotswold Seeds have listed as reasonable for WH
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No, they are ongoing trials year on year the trial results I posted are current.
Hobson scores 5 out of 9 for winter hardiness which is the highest on the list.
report back on how it goes, im not sure they will relish the phacelia /radish but will add cover all the way through i guess,I'm hopefully going to try something like this.
Diverse Grazable Cover Crop (SAM2)
www.cotswoldseeds.com
rye is a good call.
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You must have posted the wrong list then
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- Cornwall.
You have the wrong list, it clearly states 2011 on yours. If you go to the LG Web site you will find my list is current (2021).
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I'm looking at the list you posted . It's getting tiresome now [emoji23]
read the small print
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I quite like the idea of putting a mix on , I'm lucky as I have all sorts left of left overs I just mix it all in , like last year the rape did poor but the turnips were fantastic . It's better for the stock as well to have some veriaty , just don't put to much of one thing
"Source: Limagrain UK trials 1998-2019, (c) = Control, * No data available. Winter hardiness scored Jan 2011 only. Not all varieties trialled every year, not all scores taken every year"
Could be that its similar to redstart, wont be as good as hungry gap etc depends on the winter of course and luck of the draw these days.
a 'funny' mix is trendy but tbh straight ryecorn is good late winter early spring forage just the seed is too dear these days.
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Nothing wrong with stubble turnips we grazed them through till. March , lot more frost Hardy than rape , put had plenty of grass run backs ,
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- Montgomeryshire
Neither Balansa (esp Paradana, which I guess your guys still have in stock after trials a few years back?) nor Crimson are winter hardy, so no good for the OP’s ‘late grazing’ requirements.
I’ve heard that Frisia doesn’t hold it’s tops well into the winter, so not ideal for late grazing either perhaps? No doubt it’s OK for early grazing, or in your maritime climate though.
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For winter, bit later use.
Not bought seed yet but...Redstart ?
Always get on well it .
could add a bit of Italian but might need to spray out potential wild oats if they come
If you ‘always get on well’ with Redstart, why change anything?
You might save a quid or two a kilo with some Johnny come lately variety, but is £3-4/ac either here or there against a variety that you know works for you?
Stick with your Redstart, and perhaps mix some stubble turnips in to add a bit of variety?
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I grazed Frisia in March with plenty of tops and we exposed LFA here and not had anyone say that about it , I would only put a few grams of clover in so would cost very little , like I said take I punt with a mix, you could put all Kale in , it's turns dry you would end up with nothing
But if it's long keep he wants , he has discounted Roots Maincrop Turnips and Swedes , so he's only left with Kale and Rye that are proven in a Hard long Winter
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Fact is he's a little late to the party , unless he works over the weekend and gets it in
in my seed store there happens (which i had totally forgotten about
) to be some 'late sow late feed ' mix from 2018 ..been stored well but im doing a germination test on it to see what its like ....licapo + vixen+ frisia it says on the ticket
will probably put it on with some hobson mixed in to make sure ... got some redstart which will go in another field so belt and braces /fair trial.
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Just seeing if anyone was paying attention.Hobson is
F. Rape just for the record and so noone gets confused
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Mix some Proteor Kale in that's as hardy as a donkeyin my seed store there happens (which i had totally forgotten about
licapo + vixen+ frisia it says on the ticket
will probably put it on with some hobson mixed in to make sure ... got some redstart which will go in another field so belt and braces /fair trial.
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- Montgomeryshire
in my seed store there happens (which i had totally forgotten about
licapo + vixen+ frisia it says on the ticket
will probably put it on with some hobson mixed in to make sure ... got some redstart which will go in another field so belt and braces /fair trial.
It should be fine. I’m pig drilling some Massif turnips just now that was bought new this year, but is resealed 2018 seed according to the label.